document ssh agent usage in README.md

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### 💡 [Do not skip] Creating the terraform.tfvars file ### 💡 [Do not skip] Creating the terraform.tfvars file
1. Create a project in your [Hetzner Cloud Console](https://console.hetzner.cloud/), and go to **Security > API Tokens** of that project to grab the API key. Take note of the key! ✅ 1. Create a project in your [Hetzner Cloud Console](https://console.hetzner.cloud/), and go to **Security > API Tokens** of that project to grab the API key. Take note of the key! ✅
2. Generate an ssh key pair for your cluster, unless you already have one that you'd like to use (ed25519 is the ideal type). Take note of the respective paths of your private and public keys! ✅ 2. Either...
...generate an ssh key pair for your cluster, unless you already have one that you'd like to use (ed25519 is the ideal type). Take note of the respective paths of your private and public keys! ✅
...or make sure you have got an SSH agent running and your key is loaded (`ssh-add -L` to verify) and set `private_key = null`
3. Copy `terraform.tfvars.example` to `terraform.tfvars`, and replace the values from steps 1 and 2. ✅ 3. Copy `terraform.tfvars.example` to `terraform.tfvars`, and replace the values from steps 1 and 2. ✅
4. (Optional) There are other variables in `terraform.tfvars` that could be customized, like Hetzner region, and the node counts and sizes. 4. (Optional) There are other variables in `terraform.tfvars` that could be customized, like Hetzner region, and the node counts and sizes.